ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Great Lakes Cheese Co ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$410M
Total assets Above avg plan size
3,839
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$106,892
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co · Ohio · Manufacturing

$410M in assets, 3,839 participants

Great Lakes Cheese Co's Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $410M in total assets and 3,839 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #19,761 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 3,839 participants in Ohio, 5.0x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $410M.

#19,761
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-8.1%
assets change YoY
4.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $36M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$410,358,929 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (3,839 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co PY 2022 · ESOP

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $410M · 3,839 · 98th

  • ASSETS $410M
  • ASSETS 3,839
  • ASSETS 98th
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • ASSETS near Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • ASSETS ind #19761

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Ohio →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$447M
Net Assets (End of Year)$410M
Net Income-$36M
Employer EIN341015620
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Cheese Co plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $499M $625M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,686 $499M
2023 2 8,235 $610M
2024 2 8,539 $625M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.410358929 · Participants: 3839Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.972067387 · Participants: 30782Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.386806135 · Participants: 1000The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.559381199 · Participants: 3337Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.556639229 · Participants: 808Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.444757925 · Participants: 407Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IA ($403M); by covered participants it is Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IN (3,842 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,839 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 8.1% during 2022, from $447M to $410M. Reported net income was -$36M.
How have Great Lakes Cheese Co plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Lakes Cheese Co's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.4%, from $499M to $625M.
Where does Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IA ($403M, 645 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IN (3,842 participants, $1.5B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 341015620.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.